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  • WSJ: Boeing Chair Jim McNerney Eyes Reauthorization of U.S. Export-Import Bank - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    WSJ: Boeing Chair Jim McNerney Eyes Reauthorization of U.S. Export-Import Bank

    Boeing Chairman Jim McNerney believes that Congress will renew the mandate of the U.S. Export-Import Bank in order to support U.S. competitiveness within the global market, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Robbie Whelan writes that McNerney has pointed to lost business with potential overseas customers following the June 30 expiration of the bank’s mandate. “Customers require […] More

  • Executive Profile: Kelly Collins, President for Public Sector at Digital Reasoning - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Kelly Collins, President for Public Sector at Digital Reasoning

    Kelly Collins has served as president of Digital Reasoning‘s public sector business since February and is responsible for the company’s programs with government agencies, policymakers and partners. She has more than 30 years of experience and held leadership roles at companies in the enterprise software and systems market. She previously served as vice president for the […] More

  • Boeing, PGZ to Pursue Polish Military Modernization Work; Jeff Kohler Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing, PGZ to Pursue Polish Military Modernization Work; Jeff Kohler Comments

    Boeing and European defense group Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa have partnered to pursue business opportunities in the Polish Armed Forces’ technical modernization plan. Boeing and PGZ member companies will collaborate to maintain defense systems, combine Polish systems with Boeing technologies, integrate PGZ companies into Boeing’s supply chain, and conduct defense research and development activities under the […] More

  • Deb Dunie, Thomas O'Toole Join Alliant Energy's Board; Patricia Kampling Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deb Dunie, Thomas O’Toole Join Alliant Energy’s Board; Patricia Kampling Comments

    Deborah “Deb” Dunie and Thomas O’Toole, formerly executives at CACI International and United Continental Holdings respectively, have joined the board and directors at Alliant Energy as directors. Alliant said July 27 Dunie will serve on the compensation and personnel committee and the safety, environmental, policy and operations committee. O’Toole will be part of the audit committee and the […] More

  • Boeing-Led AH-64E Apache Team Seeks Engagement With Polish Defense Industry - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing-Led AH-64E Apache Team Seeks Engagement With Polish Defense Industry

    Boeing and its industry partners in the AH-64E Apache program are exploring business opportunities with the Polish Armaments Group as part of an initiative in support of Poland’s defense modernization program. The company said Thursday it is working with partners General Electric, Lockheed Martin, Longbow and Raytheon to engage with the consortium of Polish state-owned defense companies. “We are […] More

  • Jeff DeMarrais to Join CA Tech as SVP, Chief Communications Officer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jeff DeMarrais to Join CA Tech as SVP, Chief Communications Officer

    Jeff DeMarrais, formerly chief communications officer of General Electric‘s healthcare business, will serve as senior vice president and chief communications officer of CA Technologies beginning July 20. CA said Thursday DeMarrais will work from New York and report to Lauren Flaherty, the company’s chief marketing officer. “I look forward to having him at the helm of the important brand […] More

  • Kathy McElligott Joins McKesson as EVP, CIO, CTO; John Hammergren Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kathy McElligott Joins McKesson as EVP, CIO, CTO; John Hammergren Comments

    Kathy McElligott, formerly Emerson’s chief information officer, has joined McKesson as executive vice president, CIO and chief technology officer. McElligott will succeed Randy Spratt on July 20 as the McKesson veteran is set to retire after nearly three decades of service for the company, McKesson said Monday. McElligott will oversee McKesson’s enterprise business technology strategy, […] More

  • NASA Forms Alliance to Further Composite Materials Development Project; Jaiwon Shin Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Forms Alliance to Further Composite Materials Development Project; Jaiwon Shin Comments

    NASA has teamed up with a number of organizations for its research and development program intended to help bolster future aircraft performance through the use of composite materials. NASA started the advanced composites project in an effort to reduce the amount of time spent on product development and certification by 30 percent for composites infused into aeronautics applications,” […] More

  • GE Obtains License to Use Northrop Electronics Cooling Tech; Tom Jones Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GE Obtains License to Use Northrop Electronics Cooling Tech; Tom Jones Comments

    General Electric’s intelligent platforms business has obtained license to use Northrop Grumman’s air-flow-through cooling technology for military electronic module application. The air-flow-through cooling system incorporates a novel heat exchanger to protect electronic modules and isolates electronic parts from the cooling air using a central channel with heat fins, Northrop said Thursday. Tom Jones, vice president […] More

  • Richard Goglia to Retire from Raytheon as VP and Treasurer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Richard Goglia to Retire from Raytheon as VP and Treasurer

    Richard Goglia is set to retire from Raytheon  as vice president and treasurer on March 31 after 17 years of service to the company. As a treasurer, Goglia has been responsible for Raytheon’s merger and acquisition team and the firm’s commercial aircraft finance unit, Raytheon said Tuesday. He also served as chief investment officer for the […] More

  • Dan Nelson Joins Lockheed as Media Relations VP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dan Nelson Joins Lockheed as Media Relations VP

    Dan Nelson, formerly communications strategies lead at General Electric’s digital energy business, has joined Lockheed Martin as vice president of worldwide media relations. He will report to Jennifer Whitlow, senior VP of corporate communications, and serve as Lockheed’s chief spokesperson and adviser to senior executives on media engagements, Lockheed Martin said Monday. Nelson will also […] More